Sentences with phrase «less skilled parents»

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Parents and coaches will benefit from reduced reliance on honest self - reporting of concussion symptoms by athletes and of the less - than - perfect observational skills of sideline management in spotting signs of concussion;

Children with involved parents also have enhanced skills for regulating emotions and feel negative emotions less often.

He went on to state that single moms possess less than stellar parenting skills and lack the financial wherewithal to adequately care for their children compared to their married counterparts.

There are other factors that may lead to twin language, such as less one on one communication with parents plus the more developed non-verbal communication skills so often shared by twins.

Good communication skills enable parents to react less emotionally in tense situations.

Mothers who wear their babies have been shown to have less incidence of postpartum depression and report being more confident in their parenting skills.

Throughout adolescence, teens became increasingly less skilled at establishing autonomy and closeness in friendships and romantic relationships the more psychological control they experienced from their parents.

No one is sure just what conditions prevailed in the postasteroid apocalypse, but Wang speculates that the fast growth rates of modern birds, which let them reach adulthood faster and spend less time dependent on their parents, may have given them an advantage; likewise skilled flight may have been a boon.

In their 2004 action brief on the parent - involvement provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Public Education Network and the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education cite several reasons for the low level of parental involvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parenting sparent - involvement provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Public Education Network and the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education cite several reasons for the low level of parental involvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parenting sParent Involvement in Education cite several reasons for the low level of parental involvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parenting sparent education or parenting skills.

Behavior issues often drive inexperience teachers from the classroom; however if teachers met with other teachers to discuss discipline techniques and students problems, the inexperienced teachers would feel less isolated and develop positive skills when dealing with difficult students or communicating with difficult parents.

If the child's work habits or ability to sustain attention or fine motor skills are less advanced than those of his peers because he is younger, parents fear that the child will be left behind.

Because academic resources are relatively scarce in higher - poverty schools (e.g., there are more disruptive peers, lower academic expectations, fewer financial resources, and less - competent teachers), parents in these schools seek teachers skilled at improving achievement even if this comes at the cost of student satisfaction.

One reason for this may be that parents perceive that there are specific activities they can do to teach their children school - related basic skills, whereas ways of changing the social maturity or temperamental characteristics of their children are less apparent.»

, Summer 2005), Samuel J. Abrams found that the eligibility process became a hidden advantage for students whose parents and schools were more skilled at meeting tightened eligibility requirements — documentation from therapists and psychologists — than families «less savvy and less financially endowed.»

On average, more educated and advantaged parents have children with greater vocabulary skills and faster vocabulary growth during early childhood than less educated and advantaged parents (Hart & Risley, 1995; Hoff, 2003).

Age appropriate and inquiry / project - based learning methods; dual enrollment classes; focused tutoring to less prepared students; increased learning opportunities; relevant professional development opportunities; faculty leadership opportunities; community outreach; small school environment; surveys each year (parent, student, faculty); striving for academic excellence; Charter Counts character education program implemented; teaching critical thinking skills.

Teachers have been BEGGING society to recognize that without the backing and support of parents in the home, children are less likely to benefit from the skills and hard work of teachers.

This support mode is something core gamers may not find very interesting, like Mario Galaxy's two - player mode, but it would be great for parents helping their kids or friends helping less skilled players.

Whole Life Counselling provides information, parenting skills training making your family life less stressful and more fun.

We ensure teens have the skills they need to survive on today s roads and makes the new driver experience easier and less stressful for parents.

StreetSafe ensures teens have the skills they need to survive on today's roads and makes the new driver experience easier and less stressful for parents.

that ensures teens have the skills they need to survive on today's roads and make the new driver experience easier and less stressful for parents.

That is why Sonia's Driving School provides a complete driver training program that ensures teens have the skills they need to survive on today's roads and make the new driver experience easier and less stressful for parents.

Methods Families of 9 children between the ages of 3 and 8 years with TBI, injured less than 24 months earlier, participated in a pilot study of a Web - based parenting skills program designed to increase positive parenting skills and to improve caregiver stress management and coping.

Parenting Science explained that children who grew up with authoritative parenting may be well disciplined but that are less resourceful with low social skills and are prone to deParenting Science explained that children who grew up with authoritative parenting may be well disciplined but that are less resourceful with low social skills and are prone to deparenting may be well disciplined but that are less resourceful with low social skills and are prone to depression.

Court - ordered parenting classes focus less on your parenting skills than on the impact the divorce is likely to have on your children.

Lisa has experience successfully helping people feel less depressed or anxious, build their parenting skills with strong willed children, get through difficult life changes, improve their relationship with their partner or friends, and create a less stressful environment for themselves.

It indicated that those born into large or single parent families with low incomes and poor housing were much less likely to succeed in school, were likely to be on average three and a half years behind other children in reading skills and were more likely to exhibit behavioural problems in class.

Trained in such areas as child development, emotional disturbance, and therapeutic intervention skills, treatment foster parents are assumed to be better equipped than less intensively trained foster parents to cope with the behavior of children who have suffered abuse, neglect, and rejection in their natural families.

A package of interventions that trained parents and teachers to promote children's academic competencies and bonding to school, and that developed children's social competencies and skills to resist health - compromising influences produced greater commitment and attachment to school, less school misbehavior, and better academic achievement 6 years after intervention.

Single mothers report more depression and psychological problems than married mothers and undoubtedly function less well as parents as a result.9 Cohabiting mothers have also been found to suffer more from depression than married mothers, which again would directly interfere with their ability to display good parenting skills.10 It is important to note that these differences may be the result of these mothers» living situation or may reflect pre-existing differences between the types of women who have children out of wedlock rather than in marriage (as we discuss in the section on selection below).11

Kazdin explains that when parents make an effort to show positive or constructive interactions after an argument, children will have less anxiety and may even learn conflict resolution skills.

Low - income fathers often face the additional challenge of not having sufficient education, skills, and other resources to bring to their relationships, making them less likely to be able to provide financially and build and maintain healthy relationships.9 Likewise, the stresses and anxieties that come with poverty can negatively influence relationships between partners and between parents and their children.10

Spending time together strengthens the family bond, improves your child's academic performance, help your kid's develop parenting skills and less chance of violence, drug abuse and behavioral problems such as aggression, which is very common among children these days.

Divorce classes could also be called parenting classes because the instruction revolves around improving family communication skills and helping to make the divorce transition less traumatic for everyone involved.

Disadvantaged children tend to fall behind before their second birthday: Children whose families lack economic and educational resources — those who are in the lowest socio - economic group, who live in poverty, whose parents have less education, or whose mothers are not employed — tend to lag behind their peers who have more of these resources in developing language skills, early math, and social - emotional indicators by age 2.

Today's parents face greater challenges than ever before and are becoming less and less confident in their parenting skills.

Families in more adverse circumstances were more likely to be in the low and less likely to be in the high parenting skill group.

Other aspects of child health, such as health problems and accidents and injuries, appeared to be less strongly influenced by general parenting skills.

However, mothers of a child with autism were more likely to report a close relationship and better coping with parenting tasks and less likely to report being angry with their child after adjustment for the child's social skills and demographic background.

Parents with intellectual and / or significant learning disabilities (ID / LD) who are likely to have less developed abilities on a variety of child care skills than parents without such disabilities and at greater risk of causing child maltrParents with intellectual and / or significant learning disabilities (ID / LD) who are likely to have less developed abilities on a variety of child care skills than parents without such disabilities and at greater risk of causing child maltrparents without such disabilities and at greater risk of causing child maltreatment

Our outcomes evaluations confirm that a majority of PEPS participants feel less isolated, more confident and competent about their parenting skills, aware of parenting resources in their community and neighborhood and well connected with people who support them as parents.

Remember, if the other person's parenting skills are less than perfect, you can still add stability through your use of good parenting practices.

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.

Fathers who resist active participation may indeed be less skilled, less comfortable, or less interested in the parenting role, and mothers» protective attitudes — particularly with respect to fathers» direct interaction with their children — may emerge as a result.

Therefore, the results indicate that an adequate combination of parenting practices, with more use of positive practices and less use of negative practices, is associated with a profile of adequate emotional skills in one's offspring.

An inadequate combination of parenting practices, with more use of negative practices and less use of positive practices, is associated with a profile characterized by deficient emotional skills.

Longitudinal studies using the PCERA with preterm infants have shown that more positive and less negative parenting interactions are associated with better sleep patterns, weight gain, and greater cognitive skills, as well as fewer behavior and attentional problems (Poehlmann et al., 2010, 2012; Pridham, Lin, & Brown, 2001; Schwichtenberg & Poehlmann, 2009).

Research suggests that maternal depression and associated symptoms may reduce the quality of parent — child interactions, contributing to less warm, less available, and less sensitive parenting during daily interactions, and thereby reducing support for the development of child social competencies and peer interaction skills.

Parents with high neuroticism scores were characterized by low psychosocial functioning, poor parenting, more dependent stressful life events, and the use of more emotion - focused and less task - oriented coping skills.